new release Archive
11 Apr 2025
EP Review: Little Richard – Try Some of Mine
By 1968, in some quarters, at least, Richard Penniman was considered well past his sell-by date. The man known to the world as Little Richard had already undergone more than […]
10 Apr 2025
Album Review: Various Artists — The Westbound Sound: Foundations
For Record Store Day 2024, Org Music released a superb compilation, The Westbound Sound. That LP drew upon the vaults of Detroit’s venerated Westbound Records, a label at the forefront […]
09 Apr 2025
Album Review: Various Artists – Cavestomp! Volume One
Cavestomp is something of an institution. A largely underground, for those-in-the-know sensation, but an institution nonetheless. Garage rock is a collector’s genre: it’s a style of music that – like […]
08 Apr 2025
Album Review: Lotti Golden — Motor-Cycle
Singer-songwriter Lotti Golden released her debut album in 1969, and a remarkable debut it was. But Motor-Cycle largely disappeared without a trace, failing to make the impact it so richly […]
03 Apr 2025
The Might Be Giants: Darlings of Peel-Land
(NOTE: This feature refers to a pair of shows that were scheduled for last month but have since been postponed until November 2025 — bk) They Might Be Giants have […]
31 Mar 2025
Book Review: Times and Seasons: The Rise and Fall and Rise of The Zombies
It’s impossible to provide even a rough estimate of how many rock bios have been published. Let’s agree: a lot. Some artists – you know the ones – have been […]
10 Mar 2025
Randy Blythe Flexes His Prose Muscles with ‘Just Beyond the Light’
This story appeared previously in SPIN. Lamb of God vocalist’s new book addresses perspective and human potential Randy Blythe is best known as the lead singer for Lamb of God. […]
09 Mar 2025
Album Review: Jovin Webb – Drifter
Coming to fame as a contestant on the pop music TV competition American Idol isn’t the most conventional path for a blues artist. But in the end, if the talent, […]
08 Mar 2025
Album Review: Mandoki Soulmates – A Memory of Our Future
Maybe you’ve heard of Mandoki Soulmates; until very recently I was completely unfamiliar with the jazz-prog supergroup – more of a collective, really – founded in 1992 by German-Hungarian musician […]
07 Mar 2025
Album Review: B.B. King in France
Zev Feldman – the man known far and wide as the Jazz Detective – has unearthed many previously unheard recordings of both historical import and essential listening. The large majority […]